Etymograph

English

aret

Aret comes from Old French àreter, from Latin reputō ‘to count’, and ultimately from putus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō1‘to clean, cleanse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō2as reputāre‘to count’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400àreter2
  5. Englishtodayaret2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin reputo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English aret

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputusWiktionary, Latin reputo
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputōWiktionary, Latin reputo‘to clean, cleanse’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputōWiktionary, English aretas reputāre‘to count’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400àreterWiktionary, English aret
  5. EnglishtodayaretWiktionary, English aret

Linked words

through Latin putus

counter, discount, countable, puta, 7 more

through Latin putō ‘to clean, cleanse’

account, count, dispute, compute, computation, imp, amputation, putative, indisputable, amputee, indisputably, amputate, imputation, depute, raconteur, disputation, disputable, 9 more

through Latin reputō ‘to count’

repute, 1 more

Today it means

verb To impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “aret”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin reputo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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